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On the 28th of July, BETA team re-entered the Beirut southern suburbs (one of the war zones) to feed the stray and abandoned pets. On the way, we encountered an abandoned pet shop and were able to retrieve some of the surviving animals – four cats and one puppy .

On the 2nd of August, and for the third time, BETA team, accompanied by a PETA representative who came all the way to Beirut to help our animals, have been able to enter that same area. Again, we put food and water for the strays and fed the rest of the animals at the abandoned pet shop -pigeons, birds, and turtles- We will come back to pick them up as soon as the pet shop owner unlock the cages.

We also visited the small zoo and made sure that the worker is still there feeding the remaining animals.

People are working to help cats and other animals left behind during the evacuations and attacks in northern Israel as well. A reader of this forum responded with the following information about current situation and the groups active there:

Bashan Shelter is located in Israel near the Lebanese border. They aretaking in animals abandonned by people who fled south in search of safety.At great risk to their own personal safety they are also making the roundssurrounding communities distributing food and water to the animals thatremain behind and to people also. This totally volunteer organization hasno income outside private donations.liz at shay.co.ilhttp://bashan-dogs.org

Haifa SPCA is taking in large numbers of animal war refugees and like withthe above organization their expenses are growing while their income hasalmost stopped. Contact info at972-4-8729696hspca at netvision.net.ilhttp://civilsociety.haifa.ac.il/orgDet. … ;orgid=149

Israel Cat Lovers Society is located in the Haifa area. They have beenaffected by the war situation here as many pet owners or homeless catsfeeders fled towards the center of Israel leavingthe animals in horribleconditions. As so we are in great need of fosterhomes for kittens andmassive food donations as well.www.isracat.org.il972-4-8244724

Yes, I am partial to kitties that look like Luna…

One of the things that struck me, in addition to the photographs of the animals and the people with them, was the reference to “civil society” among the resources. I fear the civil society on both sides of the border is one the things in danger in this conflict, and indeed in other conflicts as well. The Civil Society of Haifa describes their mission as “to ensure and further participation, solidarity, tolerance, social mobility, basic human rights and honesty [as] a goal that can contribute to the general welfare of all members of society,” including in this case our small and furry members of society. Sadly, such goals seem quite lost in the tribalism, fear and focus on base needs and emotions that seems to dominate much of the fighting in the Middle East and elsewhere…